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“
Thy life runs out,
The Gods they are wroth with thee;
Draw near if thou must ;
Odin thou shalt see.
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― THE CHILDREN OF ODIN: The Book of Northern Myths
― THE CHILDREN OF ODIN: The Book of Northern Myths
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Another example of the same attitude, this time on a less cosmic and more humble scale, comes from the life of the warrior-poet Egil Skallagrimsson. According to his saga, toward the end of his life, one of his sons died, after the others had died before him. Such was the depth of Egil's grief that he planned to kill himself, but his surviving daughter convinced him instead to use his poetic talent to compose a memorial poem for his lost children. Egil's poem is called The Wreck Of Sons (Sonator
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― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
― The Viking Spirit: An Introduction to Norse Mythology and Religion
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